Thursday, July 3, 2014

Caltrans has scheduled many construction activities and operations
on both directions of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) in Santa Fe Springs and Norwalk.Listed below are ramps that will open and
close, mainline lane shift locations, and other upcoming summer and fall 2014
construction activities. The work is part of the $1.8 billion I-5 South Corridor
Improvement Projects to widen the freeway and structures to add one HOV lane
and one general purpose lane from the Los Angeles/ Orange County line to the
San Gabriel River Freeway (I-605).

Thursday, July 17 at 7 p.m. - Long-term Full Closureof the northbound I-5 on-ramp
at Carmenita Road. This ramp will close
for approximately 18 months, until mid-2016 when the Carmenita Bridge Project
has completed. During the closure, crews will work to complete the new 10-lane bridge,
construct a new northbound I-5 on-ramp structure, construct the new center
median, and realign the roadway.

Mainline Traffic Shifts:

·Tuesday, July 15 at 4:30 a.m. -
ALL (3 of 3) northbound I-5 lanes, between Norwalk Blvd. and Imperial Highway,
will shift to the right; traffic will move on the newly paved lanes. (NB I-5 full freeway closure is scheduled overnight, Mon. 7/14, 11:59 pm to 4:30 am)

·Wednesday, July 16 at 4:30 a.m.
- ALL
(3 of 3) southbound I-5 lanes, between ImperialHighway and Norwalk
Blvd., will shift to the left and onto the existing northbound I-5 lanes. (SB
I-5 full freeway closure is scheduled overnight prior on Tues. 7/15, 12:01am to
4:30 am)

·Monday,
July 21 at 5 a.m. - ALL (3 of 3) northbound I-5 lanes will
shift to the right between Carmenita Road to Rosecrans Avenue. (NB I-5 full freeway closure is scheduled
overnight prior on Sun. 7/20, 12:01 am to 5 am)

Upcoming
Construction Activities:

Late
Summer 2014 - I-5 Florence Avenue
Interchange Project begins construction. This project extends from Orr
and Day Road to just south of I-605. It
is the fifth project to begin construction in a series of six I-5 South
Corridor Improvement Projects. Preliminary
utility relocation activities are currently ongoing in various areas.

Early
September, 2014 - Alondra Blvd. Bridge Project.
Two newly-constructed bridges, the
Alondra Blvd. Bridge and the Coyote Creek Overcrossing, will reopen. The intersection of Alondra Blvd. and Freeway
Dr. will also open at this time.